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Background LTE Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) has been standardized by 3GPP in Release 13 as a new air interface with the aim to make LTE suitable for low-cost massive machine-type communication (m-MTC). NB-IoT is heavily based on LTE but makes a number of simplifications and optimizations in order to reduce device costs, minimize power…

SRS joins the H2020 WiSHFUL project through the third open call for extensions and experiments with WISE (WIshful Srslte Extension). The WiSHFUL project is a testbed and experimentation project focusing on the creation of a single unified experimentation platform that provides a common interface with a wide range of wireless experimentation testbeds. Under WISE, SRS…

The Mobile World Congress took place last week in Barcelona, Spain. As the biggest mobile event in the world, MWC17 drew 108,000 attendees, packing all 9 halls of the Fira Gran Via exhibition centre. Each year, mobile network performance at the event is monitored by Ookla, the global leader in internet testing and metrics. Overall…

Software Radio Systems (SRS) today announced a strategic partnership with SmartSky Networks, a high-performance air-to-ground connectivity network operator, in which SRS will provide test and validation solutions for SmartSky’s airborne products. Based on aviation-specific modifications to 4G wireless communications standards, SmartSky 4G delivers affordable and reliable office-like connectivity in the air. As a leading provider…

Visit SRS (Hall 7 Stand 7F70) at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, 27 Feb – 2 Mar. We’ll be highlighting AirScope, our exciting new LTE air interface analyzer providing over-the-air cell-wide and per-user capture capabilities. Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, organised by the GSMA and held in…

SRS has released new versions of srsUE, the LTE UE software radio application, and srsLTE, the LTE DSP library.
New features introduced with version 1.3 include support for SNOW 3G integrity-check, RLC AM resegmentation and aperiodic CQI along with improved overall stability and performance.
Find more information and the new releases at www.github.com/srslte/srslte and www.github.com/srslte/srsue.

SRS joins the H2020 MONROE project through the first open call for extensions and experiments with SOPHIA: Software Radio for Measuring Mobile Broadband Networks. Since 2008, the FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) initiative has bridged the gap between visionary research and large-scale experimentation on new networking and service architectures and paradigms. The MONROE project proposes to design and operate…

SRS joins the FP7 FIRE FLEX project through the second open call for extensions and experiments with FLEX-IoT, a project focusing on evolving 3GPP standards for Low Power Wide Area Networking (LPWAN). Since 2008, the FIRE (Future Internet Research and Experimentation) initiative has bridged the gap between visionary research and large-scale experimentation on new networking…

SRS today announced new releases of their open-source srsLTE library and srsUE application. Version 1.1 introduces support for BladeRF front-ends and adds RRC reconnection and paging support to srsUE. Also included in the releases are numerous minor improvements and bugfixes. For more information and to download the source code, visit the project pages on github.

FOSDEM 2016 will take place in Brussels on January 30 and 31. A non-commercial event for the free and open-source software community, FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best such conference in Europe. SRS will attend the popular Software Defined Radio developer room on January 31st where Ismael Gomez will give a technical presentation on…